[fpc-pascal] Re: Feature proposal: function-based assignment operatorst

[Marcos Douglas]

On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 6:53 AM, Jürgen Hestermann
<juergen.hestermann at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Am 2013-03-29 10:35, schrieb Sven Barth:
>
>> We value backwards compatiblity very high and this is part of it, no
>> matter whether these c-like operators are considered good or bad...
>
> But that's not the point here. The problem has nothing to do with backward
> compatibility. Just the opposite. If you incorporate each and every
> "feature" from any other language then you no longer have Pascal. The end
> would be that you can write whatever language you want, the compiler will
> understand it. This may look like a benefit but after all you cannot be sure
> to understand source code written for this compiler anymore. It would
> require learning all the many languages that exist within "Object Pascal".
> To program nowadays it already requires a lot of other things to learn
> (different OSs and interfaces). I see no need to add even more to that by
> adding features over and over again. Pascal was successful because it was
> easy and clear. Now it becomes complex and cluttered.

+1

Marcos Douglas